DAtf m. [ DA-tfc ] 1 A maker, creator, originator, author. 2 A bearer, preserver, supporter. 3 An epithet of Brahmā, the creator of the world; manye durjanacittavfttiharaRe DAtApi BagnodyamaH H. 2. 165 ; R. 13. 6 ; Śi. 1. 13 ; Ku. 7. 44 ; Ki. 12. 33. 4 An epithet of Viṣṇu. 5 The soul. 6 N. for the seven sages ( saptarzi ) being the first creation of Brahmā; cf. Ku. 6. 9. 7 A married woman's paramour, adulterer. 8 One of the forty-nine winds. 9 An arranger. 10 One who nourishes. Comp. — putraH an epithet of Sanatkumāra.